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Saturday, May 01, 2010
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JCAB
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Santa Fe,New Mexico
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Today I am planting giant pumpkin seeds! I will put them in 4"peat pots so that I can peel the pots away later without disturbing the roots when I transplant them. They grow really fast once they come up, so I will have to put them in the soil perhaps in 2 weeks. I will transplant them once the first true leaf comes out. You can tell which way the vine will grow as it will grow in the opposite direction of the first true leaf. This way I can place it in the soil in the direction I want it to grow. I am growing 4 giant pumpkins this year. They are: 817.9 Schieder 09, 1166 Mohr 09, 949.5 Harp 09, and the 895 Grande 08. They will go in my new pumpkin patch and I am growing another one: 352 Cabossel 09 (that's me!) for the community garden here in Santa Fe that I will plant when I teach a workshop on May 15th. I will try to break the state record here in NM this year. Have to beat 404 lbs-shooting for a 500-600 lb pumpkin..
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